Temporal and Spatial Changes in Snow Cover and the Corresponding Radiative Forcing Analysis in Siberia from the 1970s to the 2010s
Joint Authors
Yu, Lingxue
Liu, Tingxiang
Zhang, Shuwen
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-02-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In the context of global climate change, the extent of snow cover in Siberia has significantly decreased since the 1970s, especially in spring.
The changes of snow cover at middle and high latitudes have significant impacts on the meteorological and hydrological processes because the snow cover can affect the surface energy, water balance, and the development of the atmospheric boundary layer.
In this paper, the temporal and spatial changes in snow cover were firstly estimated based on a long time series of remote sensing snow cover data, both showing a decreased trend.
Based on this, we estimated the radiative forcing caused by the snow cover changes from the 1970s to the 2010s and compared it with the radiative forcing caused by the vegetation cover changes over the same time period in Siberia, indicating that the snow cover changes in Siberia can accelerate climate warming and the vegetation cover changes here have the opposite effect.
Furthermore, the snow cover changes may play a more important role than the vegetation cover changes in regulating the surface radiation balance in Siberia on the regional scale.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yu, Lingxue& Liu, Tingxiang& Zhang, Shuwen. 2017. Temporal and Spatial Changes in Snow Cover and the Corresponding Radiative Forcing Analysis in Siberia from the 1970s to the 2010s. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123001
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yu, Lingxue…[et al.]. Temporal and Spatial Changes in Snow Cover and the Corresponding Radiative Forcing Analysis in Siberia from the 1970s to the 2010s. Advances in Meteorology No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123001
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yu, Lingxue& Liu, Tingxiang& Zhang, Shuwen. Temporal and Spatial Changes in Snow Cover and the Corresponding Radiative Forcing Analysis in Siberia from the 1970s to the 2010s. Advances in Meteorology. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1123001
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1123001